Jazz is music-Swing is business.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Jazz is an art form while swing is a commercial enterprise or trend.
- In plain terms
- Jazz is art, but swing is treated as business.
- What can you take from it?
- Distinguish art from commerce.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is your work art or business?
- Where is the line for you?
Another view
This view may oversimplify how art and business overlap.
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